Adaptive evolution in single species bacterial biofilms: RESEARCH LETTER

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-140

  Kraigsley, Alison M ^a   Finkel, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Competitive fitness; Evolution; GASP

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 61449240093     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01526.x     Document Type: Article

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